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Management and Disposal of U.S. Department of Energy Spent Nuclear Fuel is Subject of U.S. NWTRB Report

On December 29, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board released a Report to Congress and the Secretary of Energy on Management and Disposal of U.S. Department of Energy Spent Nuclear Fuel. The report is a product of three years of effort, during which the Board reviewed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) activities related to managing the inventory of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) that is under DOE control at four federal facilities, representing approximately 99% by mass of the total quantity of DOE SNF.